Bed-brace.



Patented lune I0, |902.

W. D. NEWMAN.

BED BRAGE. m

(Application led Aug. 1, 1900.) (no Model.)

UNITED STATES y PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DAVID NEWMAN, F PATOKA, ILLINOIS.

'BED-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters `Patent No. 701,923,dated JunelO,1902..A

. Application led August 1, 1900. Serial No. 25,579. (No Inode-l.)`

` Bed-Brace, of which the following is a specification.

vMy invention is an improved bed-brace;

and it consists in the peculiar' constructionv and combination ofdevices hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple bed-bracewhich may be readily attachedto a bedstead and removed therefrom andWhich is efficient in firmly bracingv the bedstead', both at the cornersand at the centers of the side rails:

In the accompanying drawings; Figure l is atop plan view of my improvedbed-brace combined with abedstead. "g Fig. 2 is avertical transversesectional view taken on the line 2 2-of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar Viewof same taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1

The bedstead A is of the usual construetion, B being the corner-posts, Cthe head and foot rails, and D the side'rails.- The usual slats areemployed in connection with the'bedstead. To the inner side of thecorner-posts and of the side rails D, atthe center of the latter, aresecuredsuitable keepers l. vThe same may be eyebolts, as here shown, orof any other suitable-form.

A brace-lever 2 is f ulcrumed under the center of the central slat 3 bya bolt 4 or other suitable device. The saidbrace-lever is of suitablelength and thickness, and the short end thereof projects a suitabledistan'ce'be` yond the bolt 4. Two series ofdiagonaland transversebrace-rods 5 are Vconnected to' the brace-lever at points on oppositesides of the fulcrum-bolt-thereof, either by eyebolt, as here shown, orby otherV4 suitable devices. As here shown, there are three of thebracerods 5 in each series. Two of the said bracerods are of a suitablelength to extendto the corners of the bedstead, andthe other bracerod isof suitable length to extend to they side rail thereof.v Saidbrace-rodshave hooks y at their outer ends,adapted to engage theeyebolts or keepers l. A hook 7 is attached to the brace-lever 2, nearthe free end thereof, and is adapted to engage a keeper or eyebolt 8,with which a slat 9 near one end of the bedstead is provided.

The operation of my invention is'as follows: 55

Initially-the brace-lever is in the position shown in dotted lines inFig. 1. yThe brace-rods 5 are hooked to the keepers at the corners andcenters of the side rails o f the bedstead, and

the brace-lever being turned to the position indicated in full lines inFig. `l the said brac- `rods are drawn inward thereby, hence eecvtuallybracing the bedstead.. The said bracelever is secured in this'positionby engaging the hook 7 with the eyebolt or keeper 8 of the slat 9. Y. Itwill be understood fromthe foregoing .that my improved bed-brace AmayAbe very readily attached to a bedstead andmay be almost instantlyremoved therefrom, may be readily operated in such` manner as-to eec.-tually brace the bedstead, and is exceedingly inexpensive and durable.

Having thus described `my invention, I claim- The combination of abedstead having a centrally-arranged Vslat, the lever 2 permanentlypivoted tothe central slat and located wholly beneath the same andprojecting be-` youd each side of the slat, the transverselydisposedeyebolt's passing through the lever at opposite sides of the centralslat and having their eyes located at the opposite edges of theV lever,the diagonal and transverse brace-rods 5, located wholly beneath theslats and provided at their ends with eyes, the inner eyes beinglinked'into the eyes of the lever, permanently connected with thelatter, the eyes l located at v'opposite sides of the bedstead at thecenter and at the ends of the same andreceivingthe. outer eyes of thebraces and permanently securingthe same to the wholly beneath .theslatsandy consisting of the rod 7 hinged at its kinner end to the lever landprovided at its outer end with a hook,-

and an eye mounted on the bedstead at one vbedstead, and the lockingdevice also located v side thereof and arranged to be engaged by thehook, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingfas my own I have hereto axed mysignatureV in the presence of two wltnesses.

WILLIAM DAVID NEWMANQ` Witnesses:

JOHN W. WALDER, JAMES M. PARKER.

